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1000 Islands [50 Pics]

“Breathtaking … though the neighbors might be a bit snooty.”
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BitLet Evolves: Create and Upload Torrents Online

“BitLet, the web-based BitTorrent client has received a significant update. A new feature makes it possible to create .torrent files online - ready configured for popular open trackers - and then automatically upload them to Mininova and other sites for maximum exposure.”
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An Ultrathin, Anime-Inspired, Protein-Based Computer Memory Chip

“It may seem like an unlikely source of inspiration for a new computer memory technology, but “Detective Conan” (otherwise known as “Case Closed”) - a popular anime and manga series about a young detective who uses high-tech gadgets to help him solve cases”
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Oil Spill 3x Bigger than the Exxon Valdes Spill is Being Covered Up

“The Newtown Creek spill has not received anywhere near the response that followed the Valdez incident. The cleanup has been haphazard and ineffective, hampered by weak enforcement, and residents have been left in the dark about potential health effects.”
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Student Finds Mega-Explosion in Space, Overlooked By Scientists

“How’s this for an undergraduate project: A student at West Virginia University has uncovered an oversight in six-year-old radio telescope data that researchers believe could open up whole new fields of study in astrophysics”
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1600 old NY subway cars to be dumped off Jersey coast for artificial reef

“The claim is that the old cars will serve as artificial reefs for sea life while providing divers with an underwater glimpse of New York icons. One thing is clear: NYC Transit is saving millions of dollars by dumping them at sea. If transit otherwise scrapped them, removing asbestos from the old cars would cost […]


NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Sneaks-A-Peek Inside a Stellar Nursery

“NGC 1672 is 60,000,000 light-years from Earth…the stunning JPEG image — 5302 x 3805 pixels at 26,541,484 bytes — is one click away.”
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Demonoid is BACK!

“It was the CRIA , right TorrentFreak?”
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Forget white marble: How the sculptures of antiquity really looked

“We now know that the unblemished white surface of Michelangelo’s “David” would have been considered unfinished according to classical standards. The sculpture and architecture of the ancient world was, in fact, brightly and elaborately painted. The only reason it appears white to us is that centuries of weathering have worn off most of the paint.”
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Ugly Sea Monster [pic]

“Okay, not really a monster but a Frilled Shark.”
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